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Bringing The Breakbeat To Book
by Bob Cluness
It’s a Wednesday afternoon and I’m passing the time at Prikið while waiting for Karl “Kalli” Tryggvason, DJ and member…
Thirty-Three Percent Of 2009’s Thirty-Three Look Back, And Forward
January of 2009 was an interesting month for Icelanders. The nation’s economy had just TOTALLY COLLAPSED along with its worldview,…
Embrace The Crazy
Ragnar Kjartansson and Markús Þór Andrésson discuss Icelandic art in 2011When we last spoke to artist Ragnar Kjartansson in the…
Egilsstaðir: Austurland’s Little Big Town
Did you know that eastern Iceland kicks ass? Sea monsters! Trees! Reindeer burgers! What’s not to love? And you don’t…
Significant Music Of 2011: Writers’ Picks
Bored of year-end lists that usually don’t even manage to tell half the story, we decided to attempt a different…
Grafarvogur Has A Hidden History And Some Treasure To Boot!
As a kid I used to love visiting the district of Grafarvogur, mainly because Reykjavík’s garbage dump was located there…
A Tiny Piece Of Freedom
Palestinian poet and journalist Mazen Maarouf has been given sanctuary in ReykjavíkMazen Maarouf—who has lived all his life as a…
Getting Rid Of ‘The Man Behind The Curtain’
by Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir and Rex Beckett
Before we begin, let’s just go ahead and acknowledge the illustrious, dazzling elephant in the room: Björk. She’s always there….
Rudolph the Medium Rare Reindeer
Fjalakötturinn is Hotel Centrum’s corrugated conjoined twin. Despite the faux-antique exterior, the buildings are riddled with cultural heritage within and…
Sour Grapes & Stuff
by The People
I was wondering if anyone out there has noticed how piss-poor the health care is in this country? I´m from…
Vie For Stuffed Polar Bear
by grapevine
Several different parties are all in competition with each other to be able to take possession of the stuffed remains…
Breiðholt: Where You Kick Cans Or Lampposts
If you have been wondering whether an old school ghetto can be found in Reykjavík, the answer is ‘sort of.’…
Iceland As It Should Be
“Is he Swiss?” asks a person in the back row. “No, I think he‘s Estonian,” replies another. The man on…
Reflections On The IMF Conference
On October 27, I attended an international high level conference entitled “Iceland’s Recovery: Lessons and Challenges” at Harpa, Iceland’s new…
YAIC 2K11: A REPORT
by John Rogers
You Are In Control is an annual gathering in Reykjavík that brings together key figures from the Icelandic and international…
AN ICELANDIC MODERN MEDIA INFERNO
In Iceland journalists can be prosecuted for citing a public court case. Yes, in Iceland, that co-uld be ‘defamatory’… The…
Youth Group Seeks To Fight Racism
by grapevine
A youth group entering its twelfth year hopes to fight racism in the next generation of Icelanders by bringing together…
Sour Grapes And Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER: to: the girl eds…. yer fussing about a asian tourist hotel in niceland? errrr,. iceland? Hotelling is…
“Iceland’s Recovery: Lessons and Challenges”
Harpa, Iceland’s new mega opera house, emblematic for the boom and bust of the country’s economy in 2008, was the…
First Foreign-Born Woman In Parliament
by grapevine
Alternate MP for the Social Democrats Amal Tamimi became the first foreign-born woman in the history of the Icelandic parliament…
Occupying Image
As an American, I have spent the better part of the Obama administration being secretly jealous of my country’s fringe…